This Holy Hour: A Yuletide Choral Tapestry

Join the Cathedral Choir & Choristers and harpist Kate Petak for this special evening of Christmas cheer – and celebrate the season with your fellow concertgoers after the concert at a festive Wassail Party, included in your ticket price! The program includes sparkling choral music for the season including the world premiere of Dr. Margaret Burk’s This Holy Hour: A Sequence of Carols for Christmas, for chorus and harp.

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About the composer: Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Burk is a conductor, composer, and vocalist committed to the transformative power of choral music.

A native of Lawrence, Kansas, Maggie is currently Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., where she oversees the choral area, teaches coursework in music education, choral literature, and conducting, and directs the award-winning Carthage Choir. In demand as a clinician, she recently conducted the Virginia All-State Treble Choir and has appeared as a faculty member at the Montreat Conference on Music and Worship (Montreat, NC) and the Royal School of Church Music King’s College Course (Wilkes-Barre, PA). Her 2023 engagements include conducting the Virginia District XII SATB Honor Choir (Oakton, VA), filming a masterclass for the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ Organist Launchpad project (Montréal, Quebec; due to be released by 2024), serving as Music Director for the Royal School of Church Music’s Midwest Choral Festival (Evansville, IN), and conducting the Illinois District VII Honor Choir (Glenbrook, IL).

Maggie completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan where she studied with Eugene Rogers. She also completed the Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, where she studied with Marguerite Brooks, Jeffrey Douma, and David Hill, and she holds the Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. In addition to her conducting work, Maggie is an active composer and professional chorister. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, Hal Leonard, and Selah Music Publishing, and has been heard at on the BBC Radio 3 as well as at venues around the country and in the United Kingdom.